Your skill-set, your asset

I am excited to reach my 30th and last post for this month. I was secretly participating in the National Blog Posting Month Challenge (doing it for the third year in a row!) I was unsure if I would be able to follow through given other commitments this month, and I did not want to publicly fail a challenge, therefore I did not mention it so far.

You really want to create a good impression

To the extent that it becomes an obsession

You say and do only what you’ve heard you should

You try to do things the way you think your boss would

You want to prove yourself worthy in his eyes

You assume trying to do your own thing would be unwise..

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You become a “yes-person”, you always echo

What your boss says, you stoke his ego

Sometimes you want to counter him

But the chances of that actually happening are slim

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You’ve stopped bringing original ideas to the table

Your ability to think for yourself seems disabled

Your boss treats you benevolently but does not

Recommend you for a promotion as you had thought…

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One day there is a problem in need of a solution

Somehow with your problem-solving skills and intuition

You come up with an answer that is your own

Everyone takes notice, you have shown

Your organization and your boss that you can be

An invaluable asset to the entire company

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This is the eureka moment when you realize

You cannot gain respect in your superior’s eyes

By imitation or sycophancy, instead you should enhance

Your own unique talents, when you get the right chance

To display your skills, you would be recognized

What set you apart is what would make you rise